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Governor extends state of emergency in Tennessee for third time

By Washington Examiner
Published August 31, 2020 11:00pm ET
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Governor extends state of emergency in Tennessee for third time
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. | (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Gov. Bill Lee has extended Tennessee’s state of emergency through Sept. 30, the third time the status has been extended since March.

The previous emergency status was set to expire Saturday. Tennessee has been in a state of emergency for 169 days, since Lee first declared it via executive order March 12.

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